is there any difference between != and <>

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 1

Matt Miller (11/15/2007)
Gail - as to your test - I will try to dig out and use the XML data() trick, we'll let Jeff come up with the "pure" T-SQL trick, and you can handle the CLR?

I can try. I'll hopefully find 5 min today. I can't promise it will be the best performing CLR out there. I'm still much a novice with C

Sorry, things are just rather hectic right now.

Edit: i see Matt beat me to it. 😀

I thought that was how the XML trick worked. There's some very nifty tricks that can be dome with the new XML features. I particuarly like FOR XML TYPE in a subquery.

Jeff, I'm going to steal that concat function from you. I normally resrt to temp tables and cursors. :pinch:

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 2

Jeff, I'm going to steal that concat function from you. I normally resrt to temp tables and cursors

Absolutely no problem, Gail... that's one of the highest forms of compliments I could ever ask for.

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Matt Miller (4) SSC Guru Points: 124210 More actions · Answer 3

GilaMonster (11/15/2007)
Matt Miller (11/15/2007)
Gail - as to your test - I will try to dig out and use the XML data() trick, we'll let Jeff come up with the "pure" T-SQL trick, and you can handle the CLR?
I can try. I'll hopefully find 5 min today. I can't promise it will be the best performing CLR out there. I'm still much a novice with C
Sorry, things are just rather hectic right now.
Edit: i see Matt beat me to it. 😀
I thought that was how the XML trick worked. There's some very nifty tricks that can be dome with the new XML features. I particuarly like FOR XML TYPE in a subquery.
Jeff, I'm going to steal that concat function from you. I normally resrt to temp tables and cursors. :pinch:

Sorry there Gail - I was hoping not to steal your thunder (thought you might have another idea on how to tackle). I just came across the old CLR UDA sample, and , well - it seemed appropriate....

Still - all of these seem to be pretty performant - so I'm thinking they all make the scrapbook...

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